Chronology of Western colonialism

This is a non-exhaustive chronology of colonialism-related events, which may reflect political events, cultural events, and important global events that have influenced colonization and decolonization.

Contents

15th to 18th century

19th century to World War I

Interwar period

World War II : Cold War until the Détente

1963 to the fall of the Berlin Wall

1990s-2000s

See also

References

  1. ^ Pierre-André Taguieff, La force du préjugé. Essai sur le racisme et ses doubles, 1987 (p.22, 23, 125, 134, 136, 137, 150, 151, 158, 300, 307, 324, 338, 340, 499, 501, 522, 523, 524, 525, 530, 534, 535, 556, 582) (French)
  2. ^ Sven Lindqvist, Exterminate all the brutes, 1992
  3. ^ Voyage au Congo suivi du Retour du Tchad, in Lire, July-August 1995 (French)
  4. ^ Raízes de Gilberto Freyre by Thomas E. Skidmore in Journal of Latin American Studies (2002), 34: 1-20 Cambridge University Press
  5. ^ "Writer Without Borders" July 14, 2006 In These Times (English)
  6. ^ Gustavo Gutiérrez gana premio Príncipe de Asturias, Agencia Peru, 30 April 2003 (Spanish)

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